2 Civil War Pennsylvania Cavalry Units Books:Leather & Steel, 12th & 9th Cavalry

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Leather & Steel: The 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Civil War
By Larry B. Maier
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Burd Street Press, 2001,
380 pp.  Hardcover in original dust jacket.
Not Ex-Lib or blemished in any way. C
hronicles the experiences of the
approximately two thousand Pennsylvanians who took to the saddle and spent over three years defending the Union.
The 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry was engaged in major actions such as the Second Manassas Campaign, Antietam,
Second Winchester, and Early’s 1864 invasion. When not contending with the Army of Northern Virginia, they spent
the balance of their service attempting to shield the Yankee-occupied Shenandoah Valley from guerrilla attacks led
by Harry Gilmor and John Singleton Mosby. Photos, maps, engravings.
AND:
YANKEE CAVALRYMEN THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR WITH THE NINTH PENNSYLVANIA Cavalry
BY JOHN W. ROWELL, Uni. of Tenn. Press, 1971, 280 pages, indexed, maps, vintage photos.